I run into a critical error whenever I try to run the pre-installed
image using the method described in the README[1].
Grub runs just fine but when it tries to load hurd I run into an error
equal to the one described by Neil McGovern when running the installer
from virtualbox[2].
This is my second attempt at this problem, previously I tried both the
CD and the pre-installed image with the same result. I've also tried
running with qemu but the hurd system was extremely unstable and crashed
often. My processor does not seem to support kvm.
[1] - http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/README.txt
[2] - https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2013/05/msg00049.html